Barge-mounted process plants

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979 · AIChE Natl. Meet.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6157353

Jansson, A ^[1]; Nilsson, G T; Kjaer, H G; Vohtz, E

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1. Swedyards Corp.

A 1000 ton/day steel barge-mounted ammonia plant with Quality Assurance from Lloyds Register of Shipping and Det Norske Veritas has been designed for use in Pakistan by Swedyards Corp., Swedyards International Inc., Haldor Topsoe A/S, and Haldor Topsoe Inc. It has a 115.5 m over-all length (exclusive of the mooring arm) and is 74 m wide. The ammonia produced is stored at 1 atm and -33/sup 0/C in four storage tanks (total capacity 20,000 tons) insulated with polyurethane foam covered with aluminum foil and supported by wooden stanchions. The barge is moored to a single anchor leg storage buoy. To utilize the gas from a well located 60 mi from the coast, a barge-mounted unit with all necessary facilities delivered to the site has an estimated cost about 25-30Vertical Bar3< less than the corresponding land-based plant with all necessary offsites, including a pipeline. The barge-mounted plant can easily exploit a small natural gas deposit, and move to another location when the deposit is exhausted; associated gas from oil fields can also be used instead of being flared.

• OSTI ID: 6157353
• Report Number(s): CONF-790405-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIChE Natl. Meet.; (United States) Journal Volume: 80E
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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03 NATURAL GAS
030400* -- Natural Gas-- Products &amp; By-Products
090320 -- Inorganic Hydrogen Compound Fuels-- Preparation-- (1976-1989)
10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
AMMONIA
ASIA
BARGES
CHEMICAL PLANTS
CONTAINERS
COST
DESIGN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
OFFSHORE OPERATIONS
PAKISTAN
PRODUCTION
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RESOURCES
TANKS
USES